The fact that the hit Joey Gallo delivered to win the game Friday night was a home run probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise.
He leads the Texas Rangers in homers and is second in the American League. It’s what he does.
But he’s not yet expected to come back from down in the count, lay off tempting chase pitches outside the strike zone from a veteran closer, and then connect for a homer.
Yet, that’s what Gallo did in the ninth inning against Oakland A’s right-hander Sergio Casilla, smacking a three-run homer off the foul pole in right field on the seventh pitch of the at-bat to send the Rangers to another 5-2 walk-off victory.